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Bill May pressure washes his trailer in Countryside Village on Mayflower Road in South Bend. Residents say the park's owner is requiring window air-conditioning units be removed by Tuesday, July 1.

Trailer park tenants say owner banning window air-conditioners

Jeff Parrott

People who rent trailers at Countryside Village in South Bend say they can't afford to install central air-conditioning but the trailers get too hot without using window units.

These images of a tub from one of the trailers at Deerfield Estates Mobile Home Park were used in the lawsuit.

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Rokita sues La Porte trailer park over water and maintenance issues

Mike Murrell

The Indiana Attorney General filed a lawsuit against Deerfield Estates Mobile Home Park in La Porte, alleging multiple violations of state consumer protection laws.

The Oak Grove Mobile Home Park at McKinley and Byrkit avenues in Mishawaka. Habitat for Humanity of St. Joseph County has bought the property and is giving its tenants until early May to move out. Habitat plans to build a new neighborhood on the 9-acre site.

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Habitat says some families need more time to leave trailer park

Jeff Parrott

Habitat CEO Jim Williams says Habitat has provided cash help to relocate, and that 24 of the 34 families have found new places to live, including eight that bought new homes. He says five families have been given another month.

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Habitat planning another big build in east Mishawaka

Jeff Parrott

Habitat for Humanity of St. Joseph County has given Oak Grove Mobile Home Park tenants until early May to find new housing. Habitat says it's doing all it can to help.